Landforms and Map Skills Print & Digital Activities MEGA BUNDLE

Description

Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the major landforms that shape our Earth and important beginning map skills using both printable and digital activities.

Landforms PRINTABLE activities include:

1. Recommended book list
2. Landforms posters (landform, beach, canyon, desert, hill, island, lake, mountain, ocean, plain, plateau, river, valley, volcano, waterfall)
3. Word Wall (beach, canyon, desert, hill, island, lake, mountain, ocean, plain, plateau, river, valley, volcano, waterfall)
4. Landform Puzzle Matching center
5. “Label the Landform” printable
6. “Guess the Landform” mini book
7. “Land or Water” sorting printable
8. “Comparing Landforms” graphic organizer
9. K.W.L. Chart graphic organizer
10. “Describing Landforms” printable
11. “Drawing Landforms” printable
12. “All About Landforms” Flip Book craftivity with directions and templates
13. Salt Dough Landforms 3D model project with labels

Landforms DIGITAL activities include:

1. A Virtual Field Trip consisting of 14 major landforms (using links to Google Earth™):

• beach
• canyon
• desert
• hill
• island
• lake
• mountain
• ocean
• plain
• plateau
• river
• valley
• volcano
• waterfall

2. Land or Water sorting activity

3. Guess the Landform matching activity

4. Comparing Landforms Venn Diagram

5. All About My Landform research activity

Map Skills PRINTABLE activities include:

1. Recommended book list

2. Map, Globe, Equator & Compass Rose posters

3. “What Is a Map?” reading comprehension printable

4. “What Is a Globe?” reading comprehension printable

5. “Compass Rose” labeling cardinal directions (2 differentiated versions)

6. “Color the Globe” printable

7. “I Can Read a Map” printable

8. “On a Treasure Hunt” map

9. “Where are We Going?” interactive printable

10. “What Are Map Grids?” printable

11. “Using a Map Grid” printable

12. “My Playground Map” legend/key activity

13. “My Map Design” legend/key activity

14. “Me on the Map!” flip book craftivity and templates includes 2 flip book options: Editable PDF with clip art for Earth, World Map, North America & United States; PowerPoint version (blank-no clip art) to customize with your own flip book labels and images

IMPORTANT-PLEASE READ:

• To customize the editable PDF version, the only thing you need installed on your computer is ADOBE READER. It is FREE and if you don’t have it, click on this link –> ADOBE READER
• To customize the editable PPT version, you must have PowerPoint installed on your computer. This version will allow you to insert additional text boxes and graphics to the flip book as desired.

Map Skills DIGITAL activities include:

1. What Is a Map? reading comprehension with true or false activity

2. What Is a Globe? reading comprehension with true or false activity

3. I Can Label a Globe

4. I Can Label a Compass Rose – easy version with 4 cardinal directions

5. I Can Label a Compass Rose – advanced version with 8 cardinal directions

6. I Can Read a Map

7. On a Treasure Hunt map activity

8. Where Are We Going? following directions

9. What Are Map Grids?

10. Using a Map Grid

11. Me on the Map flip book

***Answer keys and recommended book lists are included***

When you download the digital file PDFs, it will include a link to the Google Slides™ file. All you need is a free Google™ account to access and use the file. Make sure the slides are in EDIT mode and not in present or view mode. This will ensure students can drag, drop and type into the file. If your students are using a tablet to complete the activity, use the Google Slides™ APP for correct functionality.

Instructions on how to use this resource and assign it to your students in Google Classroom™ are included in the download. This product can be shared with students by email, Google Drive™, Google Classroom™ or other learning platform.

Perfect for grades 1st-3rd! Please download our preview for a closer look into this unit.

Enjoy!

~Curriculum Castle